Automobile-lock.



P. W. SMITH.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 1914.

1,139,733. v Patented May 18, 1915.

PASCHALL W. SMITH, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

Application filed April 16, 1914. Serial No. 882,182.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, PASCIIALL W. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Seattle, inthe county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Automobile-Locks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to automobile locks and has for its principalobject to provide a lock adapted to be used in connection with anordinary H-plate, and which is effective to lock the brake lever as wellas the control lever of the automobile against movement.

Other objects will appear as the invention is more fully described andexplained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts broken away,of a form of H-plate with my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a planview of my device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1, with my deviceremoved.

Referring now more particularly to' the drawings, Fig. l designatesthebottom portion of a form of H-plate, the front and rear ends 2 and 2*,respectively, of which extend upwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig.1, and from one to the other of the said ends extend the upwardly curvedplates 3, 4 and 5, respectively, there being ears 5 having screw-eyes 5*for securing the said H-plate to the floor of the automobile. Betweenthe plates 4- and 5, and extending from the ends 2 and 2, respectively,are shorter plates 6 and 6 the free ends of which are spaced apartleaving a passage 7 which connects the ways 8 and 9 within which movesthe lever 8 which controls the meshing of the usual gears of anautomobile, no particular description of which is believed to be herenecessary to a proper understanding of my invention. as the same is wellknown in the art. Within the way 10 moves the brake lever 11 about itspivot shaft 12, and the plate 3 has notches along its upper edge withwhich the dog 14, slidable in bearings 15' upon the lever 11, is adaptedto coiiperate in order to hold the said lever in its various adjustedpositions. The said lever, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, is in its extremelocked po- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1915..

lever 8 which, if moved in the direction indicated, would cause theusual meshing of the gears of the automobile, as is well known in theart. v

16 indicates a plate which may be of any suitable form, but ispreferably of the shape shown, the right-hand end of which as viewed inFig. 1, is upturned as at 9, and bored through as indicated by thedotted lines 10*. At approximately the four corners of the said plateare knobs 11* which form two points of contact on each side of thesaidplate with the H-plate. I provide the said knobs because the curvatureof various makes of H plates differ from each other somewhat and thesaid knobs make sure points of contact regardless of such variation incurvature, as will be understood. Extending downwardly from the plate16, as viewed in Fig. 1, are blades 16,

17 and 18 and the said plate and the blade bolt 21, the extreme of thebolt 19 having fitted to it a nut 22. The opposite end of the said haspis upturned as at 23, and bored through, as indicated in dotted lines inFigs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction of my devicewill be clear to others, and its operation is that when the controllever 8 is moved into the space 7 (its neutral position), the brakelever 11 moved to its operative position as shown in Fig. 1, the hasp 20turned about its pivot sufficiently to allow the bolt 21 to pass downthrough the way 9 so as to permit the knobs 11 to rest upon the H-plate,as plainly shown in Fig. 1, and the hasp 20 then turned to its positionas seen in that figure, no movement of either of the said levers canoccur because the left-hand end 'of the blade 18, as viewed in Fig.- 1,isdirectly in the forward .path of the brake lever 11, and the blades 16and 17 lying, as they do, alongside of the extensions 4 and 5, do notleave space within the ways 8 and 9 suflieient to permit the controllever 8 to fully enter either of the said ways, and if a hasp 24.- of anordinary padlock be now thrust through the openings in the upturnedportions 23 and 9 both of the said levers are effectually locked againstmovement. If, due to wear or other reasons, the brake lever 11 assumes aposition farther to the left, as seen in Fig. 1, in

order to perform its usual braking function, some slight movement ofcourse would then take place between the freeend of the blade 18 and thesaid lever, and to prevent this I provide an adjusting screw 25 whichenters the said end of the blade 18, and a jam nut 26, so that, as theWear takes place, the said screw may beadvanced and set correspondingly,as will be understood.

While I have shown and described a particular form of embodiment of myinvention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readilysuggest themselves to others without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid beinglimited to theexact form shown and described. It is obvious, for example, that theadjusting screw 25 could beapplied to all the blades mentioned.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In alocking device for levers which move in the usual H shaped segment, thecombination of a plate and parallel blades thereon, which are in spacedrelation to each other and adapted to be thrust through the openings inthe segment, the lengths of the said blades corresponding to theapproximeans for locking the said plate against vertical movement withrespect to the segment, the last mentioned means including a hasp and abolt which moves with the said hasp and which cooperates with the bottomof the segment.

2. In a locking device for levers which move in the usual H shapedsegment, the combination of a plate and parallel blades thereon, whichare in spaced relation to each other and adapted to be thrust throughthe openings in the segment, the lengths of the said bladescorresponding to the approximate forward travel of the lever; screw andjam nut means for adjusting the lengths of the blades and means forlocking the said plate against vertical movement with respect to thesegment, the last mentioned means including a hasp and a bolt whichmoves with the said hasp and which cooperates with the bottom of thesegment.

PASCHALL W. SMITH.

Witnesses:

FRED P. GORIN, R. D. SMALLEY.

